Barium distributions in teeth reveal early-life dietary transitions in primates

Nature

Volumn 498, Issue 7453, 2013, Pages 216-219

  Austin, Christine ^a,b,c   Smith, Tanya M ^d   Bradman, Asa ^e   Hinde, Katie ^d,f   Joannes Boyau, Renaud ^g   Bishop, David ^h   Hare, Dominic J ^h,i   Doble, Philip ^h   Eskenazi, Brenda ^e   Arora, Manish ^a,b,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

BARIUM; BREASTFEEDING; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FOSSILIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PALEOLITHIC; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIMATE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; EARLY LIFE DIETARY TRANSITION; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; ONTOGENY; PALEOLITHIC; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH; WEANING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BARIUM; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MACACA; NEANDERTHALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTH; WEANING;

MACACA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84879001461     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12169     Document Type: Article

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